(Rob Ingram) We’ve been hearing an increasing number of questions on Domino DB2 integration. Domino 8 will include general availability of the DB2 feature. Here are some common questions and answers.

(Scott Hayes) In one of the earlier blog posts "DB2 LUW Performance: Key Cost Measures", we introduced the number of sorts per transaction (SRTTX). In a more recent post "DB2 LUW Performance: The Most Important Cost", we looked at the importance of measuring Bufferpool Logical Reads per Transaction

(Paul Zikopoulos) So far in this series about the IBM Data Studio integrated development environment (IDE) that’s new with DB2 9.5, I’ve shown you how to set up database connection objects and the actions that you can perform on them. In addition, I introduced you (in Part 2) to some of the features

(Willie Favero) Way back on December 6, I made a post ( “Another reason why you can (SHOULD) rebind”) about changes coming to the rebind process. Peggy Zagelow added a comment that those changes would be enabled by APAR PK52523 once it closed.

(Deepesh Rana) DB2 9 includes too many enhancements and improvements to list all of them here. This section discusses some of the other noteworthy enhancements for this new version:

(Byron Braswell, Reto Hirt, Batchazi Kaayou, Ajay Krishna, Karel Michek, Nanditha Siram, Debasish Banerjee and Kevin Kepros) As WebSphere Application Server installations grow to accommodate the growth of business processing, the question of “How large can I make a WebSphere Application Server cell?

(Fariz Saracevic and Mamatha Narasappa) Learn how to establish an IBM DB2 database connection using IBM Rational Functional Tester Java scripting. All you need to do is to follow these three simple steps and use the sample code provided.

(Chris Eaton) Ever wanted to participate in an open source project but didn’t really know of one that was relevant to your area of expertise? Want to be a part of building a community based monitoring console for DB2? Now is your chance!

(Robert Catterall) I’m sure that many of you have seen this before: a performance problem arises in a DB2 for z/OS environment. The hunt begins for a root cause. Eventually, it comes to light that a significant application change effected about four weeks ago might be the source of the problem. To h

(Paul Read) IBM DB2 9.5 provides new options for tighter security, and allows for more granularity and flexibility in administration of the database. This tutorial is the first of two tutorials that cover roles and trusted contexts. Follow the exercises in this tutorial, and learn how to take advant